man that thing is crazy looking. what a belly. too bad it wasn't full of shad not sure I would eat it if it was full of some other kind of liquid.
Caught this crappie on lake decatur today. After catching it i thought that it was just plum full of shad. But after i got home i cut it open and a clear liquid came out. This was a ten inch crappie that weighed just shy of 15 ounces.
man that thing is crazy looking. what a belly. too bad it wasn't full of shad not sure I would eat it if it was full of some other kind of liquid.
I would contact the lake biologist see what he could tell ya
Maybe some sort of infection. Looks he could have used a TUMS.
Wishing you Blue Skies and Tight Lines
That's a sick fish!
That looks like a ADM fish.
Lets go soak a line. Pat
Post this in the general discussions forum and see what they have to say.
Perhaps dropsy I have had it in my aquarium fish over the years.
https://www.google.com/search?q=drop...&bih=665&dpr=1
Yes probably Dropsy
I have a gold fish in the freezer that looks exactly like that crappie.
I had it in my outside pond for the last 5 years....
It did get about 12 inches.
Ill mount it up some day.
same thing happened to me, beer belly syndrome